Outer membrane continuity and septosome formation between vegetative cells in the filaments of Anabaena sp. PCC 7120

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1744-1754

  Wilk, Laura ^a   Strauss, Mike ^a,e   Rudolf, Mareike ^b   Nicolaisen, Kerstin ^b,f   Flores, Enrique ^c   Kühlbrandt, Werner ^a,d   Schleiff, Enrico ^b,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^d Cluster of Excellence 'Macromolecular complexes' Frankfurt ^*  (Germany)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN SEPJ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL CONTACT; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; OUTER MEMBRANE CONTINUITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTOSOME; WILD TYPE;

ANABAENA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; GENE DELETION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ANABAENA; NOSTOC SP. PCC 7120;

EID: 80053266270     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2011.01655.x     Document Type: Article

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